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Uberhund
Admiral
Joined: July 15, 2005
Posts: 21
From: Atlanta Metro Area, GA U.S.A.
|  Posted: 2006-04-01 20:31
Is there a way to add the abiltiy to designate a location (planet, empty space, gate, etc.) as the retreat to spot?
I.E. When I'm getting hammered, I'd like to be able to hit a button to orbit/jump to a pre-selected spot. Trying to use F2 to locate a freindly spot to orbit during a hot battle is suicide, but only slightly worse than using the 'SHIFT J' emergency blind jump (A.K.A. 'The Crater Maker'.
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Grand Admiral
Joined: December 11, 2005
Posts: 1012
From: happy land
| Posted: 2006-04-01 23:31
i think this should not be included. It is already easy enough to run away from a fight. I do not think escape should be made easier.
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Light-of-Aurora
Grand Admiral
Joined: December 01, 2003
Posts: 602
From: NJ, USA
| Posted: 2006-04-02 10:04
The retreat point wouldn't make a 'valid' jump [ei. one that won't kill you ] at all times. E-jump isn't that hard to use.. :/
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Uberhund
Admiral
Joined: July 15, 2005
Posts: 21
From: Atlanta Metro Area, GA U.S.A.
| Posted: 2006-04-02 11:08
A Retreat point would not make it easier to escape, it would just let you know the general direction you will be going. Assuming it still does the 'line up to jump' delay, it would give attackers a last good chance to get you before you jump. All it would add to the e-jump idea is to jump towards neutral/friendly areas and not into enemy controlled space.
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Dwarden
Admiral
CHIMERA
Joined: June 07, 2001
Posts: 1072
From: Czech Republic
| Posted: 2006-04-02 15:46
are we talking here or "navigation bookmarks" ?
ability to store xy favorite places for easy lock&go (navigation points cycling, selecting, path define etc? 
if yes , then that's on wishlist for years ... so sign me as supporter
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Bobamelius
Grand Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 2074
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2006-04-04 06:57
Well, back in 1.480, you could issue a Move order to yourself to any point in space... that was very handy.
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Drafell
Grand Admiral
Mythica
Joined: May 30, 2003
Posts: 2449
From: United Kingdom
| Posted: 2006-04-04 10:30
I think it would be possible to set a bookmarking system where you can use the ctrl+alt+num key to assign a bookmark to the selected location/target, and the alt+num key to select the bookmark for use. This would allow up to 10 bm's per player and should be a simple enough system to use.
Obviously, if you tried to bookmark a target in battle and it went out of radar range, the BM you assigned would become invalid.
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HaVoX
Fleet Admiral
Joined: September 07, 2003
Posts: 269
From: Florida whoo hoo
| Posted: 2006-04-14 12:41
I like the idea.
As for running away, come on, the idea is to damage and kill as many enemy as you can. no fleet or faction, especialy if there was a way to make a fleet/player accountable for its resources would just stand in there and slug it to the death in ships as expensive as these are/would be.
and it would be nice if capped ships took away from your resorces lost restoring the pres in the proper format you lose it. and to take it a step further if you could mine resorces and sell them for 0 credits if you chose to repay resorces lost gain some of your lost pres back that way, never of course being able to go over lost to gain point. (meaning you cant gain pres you havnt already lost)
and even if there is no pres return, I'd mine, or gather resources from destroyed ships just to have the option to donate it to a starport and drop the resources lost portion of my profile
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Fattierob
Vice Admiral
Joined: April 25, 2003
Posts: 4059
| Posted: 2006-04-18 20:29
I would actually like to see being able to "draw(see:pen or pencil)" on the starmap, and show it to everybody (not in real time of course, that would be just too many cycles).
that would allow for more tactical maunevering and maybe a place for something so grandoise as a "command ship"
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Scorched Soul[+R]
Marshal
Pitch Black
Joined: November 14, 2005
Posts: 378
From: USA, NJ, Princeton
| Posted: 2006-04-25 20:48
i can imagine it now people drawing foot ball plays all over there nav map and not knowing how to get rid of them that would be a laugh help i can see my sceen turned all red since i decided to scrible all over it to see what happens
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